Eighth Generation

82. Anitha Maria "Nita" HELMKE was born on 15 September 1899 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^18,22,83,150 She was baptized on 22 October 1899 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸³ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²² Nita appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ She appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷² She was buried in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵⁰ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Anitha Maria "Nita" HELMKE and Earl BRANDENBURG were married on 3 May 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,128,184 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Earl BRANDENBURG, son of Hermann Friedrich BRANDENBURG and Ernestine Emma Mathilde Bertha BARFKNECHT, was born on 11 November 1897 in Wisconsin.^43,128,150 He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴³ Earl appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷² His occupation was "Farming, Dairy." He died on 1 December 1972 at the age of 75 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^150,185 He was buried in 1972 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵⁰ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Anitha Maria "Nita" HELMKE and Earl BRANDENBURG had the following children: